International Criminal Court Seeks Gaddafi Arrest Warrant
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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested arrest warrants Monday for Libyan leader Colonel Muammar el-Gaddafi, his second oldest on Saif al-Islam and his brother-in-law and intelligence chief Abdullah al Sanoussi.
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said his office plans to investigate others, but right now Moreno-Ocampo claims he can directly trace evidence of attacks on civilians and other crimes against humanity to Gaddafi, his son and his brother-in-law, citing his belief that the three operated as an "inner circle," orchestrating the killing of peaceful protesters, with Saif al-Islam operating as a "de facto prime minister," the Guardian said.
Moreno-Ocampo and his team gathered their evidence after traveling to 11 countries, conducting interviews with about 50 key witnesses and reviewing videos and more than 1,200 documents.
If the ICC judges approve the warrant for Gaddafi, it would only be the second time the ICC has sought a warrant for a sitting head of state, the BBC pointed out. (The first is Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for genocide in Darfur.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqEwgQc0t-I
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/16/gaddafis-war-crimes-suspects
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said his office plans to investigate others, but right now Moreno-Ocampo claims he can directly trace evidence of attacks on civilians and other crimes against humanity to Gaddafi, his son and his brother-in-law, citing his belief that the three operated as an "inner circle," orchestrating the killing of peaceful protesters, with Saif al-Islam operating as a "de facto prime minister," the Guardian said.
Moreno-Ocampo and his team gathered their evidence after traveling to 11 countries, conducting interviews with about 50 key witnesses and reviewing videos and more than 1,200 documents.
If the ICC judges approve the warrant for Gaddafi, it would only be the second time the ICC has sought a warrant for a sitting head of state, the BBC pointed out. (The first is Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for genocide in Darfur.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqEwgQc0t-I
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/16/gaddafis-war-crimes-suspects
